How can I correct these asymmetrical waves?

deadly · Post by **deadly** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:42 pm

Playing around with some vocals and parts of the waves are asymmetrical. Can I correct this using cool edit pro because I can't work out how to do it!

Cheers!

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:44 pm

why would you want to?

deadly · Post by **deadly** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:01 pm

When I listen to the asymmetrical sections, they sound like they have a really subtle flanger on them or something - which makes it sound a little uneven if you listen closely. I read something somewhere else about asymmetrical waves and noticed that the only part that sounds flakey was this section, with the asymmetrical waves.

Have I added 2+2 and got 5 and will it make no difference at all to the sound?

r4jb · Post by **r4jb** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:50 pm

not sure if its what you're talking about but you might find that one of your channels is out of phase.

You can correct this in Sound Forge by highlighting one of the channels and selecting to invert its phase.

somejerk · Post by **somejerk** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:59 am

me no comprende

konkanok · Post by **konkanok** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:53 pm

yeh try phase inversion..

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:25 am

R4JB wrote:not sure if its what you're talking about but you might find that one of your channels is out of phase.

You can correct this in Sound Forge by highlighting one of the channels and selecting to invert its phase.

don't think so bro... that would mean that the two waves would be assymetrical in opposite driections... like a mirror image... if you get me...

Cooledit will have a function to "remove DC offset".... dunno where cos i don't use cool edit...

if that don't sort the sound (it won't sort the way they look but might help... though most waves are assymetrical for harmonically complex material) then try listening to one side of the stereo image on it's own and see if the wierd phasing is still there... if it is then you can't remove it probably, if it ain't then it's beeing cause by stereo imaging problems and you should learn about phase and sort it out...

blacbeard · Post by **blacbeard** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:26 am

Split the tracks,
delete one,
make the remaining one mono (ie centre it)
....problem solved

buzznacid · Post by **buzznacid** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:22 am

Depends on what kind of sound your going for. I'm going with blacbeard on this one. Most vocal tracks sound best when in mono but are less "interesting" when just left as that. Add a stereo reverb to the mono track afterwards if it ends up sounding plain, the results are usually pretty satisfying. But do what Wil Blaze sez and check the left and right channels separately. If your feeling up to it upload a sample so we could diagnose it through our own ears. you can't hear through a keyboard ya know

How can I correct these asymmetrical waves?

How can I correct these asymmetrical waves?

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